FollowThem

[mem4ob4]

File Name: FollowThem

File Submitter: mem4ob4

File Submitted: 15 May 2014

File Category: Other

Requires: OBSE

 

FollowThem v1.0

Unrealistic Advert:
"Tired of always being the Leader
with all those lackies and companions
following your every step?
Now you can 'FollowThem'!"

Requires: OBSE

Use a single hotkey ('/' forwardslash) to follow another actor.

Target the actor in your crosshairs (name visible) and hold hotkey for aprox. 1 second.
You will get a message that you are now following them.
You can target the actor again and hold hotkey to stop following them.
If you are following and can not target the actor, hold shift+hotkey to stop.
Quest cycles every 1/2 second in gamemode.
Walk/run speed is not accounted for. You may lag behind or bump into the one you follow.
No controls are disabled. You may walk/run/cast/stop and chat etc.

Things you can NOT follow: a butterfly, the moon, a rock.
Things you CAN follow: anything that 'IsActor'.

Details on when you can NOT follow by the coding:

The Player:
CharGenStage < 88, ControlsDisabled, GetKnockedState, Fatigue <= 4%,
weapon or fists raised, Disabled, Unconscious, is invisible, Sleeping, Sitting.
The Followed Actor:
IsFormValid says NO, sitting, sleeping, incombat, disabled, unconscious, dead.

Variables that can be set from console:

set FollowThemQuest.<variablename> to #
maxfol
if player is this distance or greater and not moving forward, player will autowalk.
default- 250
minfol
if player is this distance or closer and is moving forward, player will stop autowalk.
default- 150
reangledist
if player is this distance or greater and more than +/- 16 degrees from facing the actor,
player will re-face the actor.
default- 120
warpdist
if player is this distance or greater from actor, player will be 'warped' to the actor.
If actor goes through a door, this will move the player into the new cell.
Warning: this can move you through locked doors that you should not go through!
default- 1200
Caution: GIGO! put in strange numbers... expect strange results.

Why this plugin?
Because sometimes I'm lazy. Sometimes I don't want to fasttravel. Sometimes I want to go
make a sandwich. Sometimes I have pieces of code as part of one plugin that do things
nice on their own. Because I like to share. And speaking of sharing...
Use and abuse this plugin any way you wish, just give a nod to those that have helped and
inspired you.

Thanks to: ThomThom, Galgat, Ichibod, Goranga, WappyOne, Mr.Patience(gregathit), Ashal and
the rest of the community.

Mem

 

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[mem4ob4]

Reservations for one please.

 

A quick note:

While researching something unrelated I came across-

Duke Patricks Follow That Actor

From the description it sounds like he worked out a lot of good things beyond what I have in this plugin.  Alas, it seems some of his work for TESIV is no longer available.  But he has ported it to skyrim.

 

Mem

[BAB PEEG]

Ha! Very fun idea thanks!

[Reine]

You mean I can't use this to make my character chase after butterflies while I go make lunch?

 

That makes me sad

[dje34]

Interesting idea... What does OBSE do ?

[mem4ob4]

Thanks folks.

Sorry about the butterflies Reine

 

@dje34

OBSE adds functions and such that can be used in making scripts for Oblivion that could not be done without it.

See here for more info->Link

I would suggest at least version 20.

 

Mem

[fejeena]

Yes totally stoned running in circle chasing butterflies    would be fun.

 

Nice Mod.( even without chasing butterflies )

[varenne]

Yes totally stoned running in circle chasing butterflies    would be fun.

 

Nice Mod.( even without chasing butterflies )

 

Ditto on both.

 

[rynak777]

You do realize, that if you keep joking about this, he'll look into ways to make it work, right?

 

Even though i currently don't have a use for this plugin, it's an instant download for me, because if i ever need to follow someone, this will do the trick. Oblivion needs more of such simple yet generic mods.